Avaliação da diarreia crônica

Última revisão: 20 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 28 Apr 2023

Resumo

Diagnósticos diferenciais

comuns

  • Colite ulcerativa
  • Colite microscópica (colite linfocítica e colite colagenosa)
  • Enteropatia viral, bacteriana, parasitária, por vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV)
  • Síndrome do intestino irritável
  • Efeitos de medicamentos
  • Impactação fecal
  • Doença celíaca
  • Doença de Crohn
  • Má absorção de sais biliares
  • Deficiência de enzimas da borda em escova (lactose, frutose, sucrose, isomaltose)
  • Supercrescimento bacteriano no intestino delgado
  • Insuficiência pancreática
  • Bebidas alcoólicas
  • Hipertireoidismo
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Enterite/colite por radiação
  • Enterite eosinofílica
  • Colite isquêmica crônica
  • Desvio cirúrgico do trânsito intestinal ou ressecção cirúrgica
Detalhes completos

Incomuns

  • Enteropatia por anti-inflamatório não esteroidal
  • Malignidade infiltrativa
  • Enteropatia perdedora de proteína
  • Doença do enxerto contra o hospedeiro
  • Linfoma de Hodgkin
  • Linfoma não Hodgkin
  • Espru tropical
  • Linfangiectasia/deficiência de drenagem linfática
  • Hipoparatireoidismo
  • Doença de Addison
  • Gastrinoma
  • Tumores carcinoides
  • VIPomas
  • Abetalipoproteinemia
  • Doença hepática avançada
  • Imunodeficiência comum variável
  • Amiloidose
Detalhes completos

Colaboradores

Autores

Simon Campbell, MB ChB(Hons), MRCP(UK), MD(Edin.)

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Honorary Senior Lecturer

University of Manchester

Manchester

UK

Declarações

SC declares that he has no competing interests.

Rahul Kalla, MBChB, MRCP

Consultant Gastroenterologist

Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

Little France Crescent

Edinburgh

UK

Declarações

RK is the author of a reference cited in this topic. RK declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr Simon Campbell and Dr Rahul Kalla would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Abhishek Sharma, Dr Daniel Leffler, and Dr Ciaran Kelly, the previous contributors to this topic. AS has received honoraria for educational presentations, chairing educational sessions, or advisory work from Abbvie, Vifor Pharma, Almirall, Falk, and Warner Chilcott UK. DL and CK are the authors of a number of references cited in this topic.

Revisores

John Kepros, MD

Director

Trauma Services

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University

Lansing

MI

Disclosures

JK declares that he has no competing interests.

Julian R.F. Walters, MA, MB, FRCP

Professor of Gastroenterology

Imperial College London

Hammersmith Hospital

London

UK

Disclosures

JRFW has been a member of advisory boards and has received fees for arranging an educational programme from GE Healthcare, the manufacturer of 75SeHCAT. He is a member of the Health Advisory Network for Coeliac UK.

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References

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Key articles

Fernández-Bañares F, Esteve M, Salas A, et al. Systematic evaluation of the causes of chronic watery diarrhea with functional characteristics. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007;102:2520-2528. Abstract

Arasaradnam RP, Brown S, Forbes A, et al. Guidelines for the investigation of chronic diarrhoea in adults: British Society of Gastroenterology, 3rd edition. Gut. 2018 Aug;67(8):1380-99.Full text  Abstract

Talley NJ. Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in 2007 and Rome III: something new, something borrowed, something objective. Rev Gastroenterol Disord. 2007;7:97-105. Abstract

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